Subfamily Ariinae Bleeker 1858

Ariodontes Bleeker 1858a:39 [ref. 32230] (phalanx) Arius [also Bleeker 1858b:v, 49, 57 [ref. 365]; stem Ari- confirmed by Bleeker 1862–63:7, 25 [ref. 393] and by Jordan 1923a:145 [ref. 2421]]

Hemipimelodinae Gill 1861o:46 [ref. 1673] (subfamily) Hemipimelodus

Tachysurinae Jordan 1888:38 [ref. 2390] (subfamily) ‘ Tachysurus’ = Arius [Eigenmann 1890a:12 [ref. 31918] used Tachisurinae based on ‘ Tachisurus’ = Arius; based on misidentified generic name, not available]

Batrachocephalinae Gill 1893b:132 [ref. 26255] (subfamily) Batrachocephalus [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1]

Doiichthyidae Weber 1913a:532 [ref. 4603] (family) Doiichthys [also in Weber & de Beaufort 1913:333 [ref. 16092]]

Ostegeneiosinae [Osteogeneiosinae] Fowler 1951b:3 [ref. 31928] (subfamily) Osteogeneiosus [corrected to Osteogeneiosinae by Fowler 1958a:3 [ref. 31840]; name only, rejected by Ferraris & de Pinna 1999:7 [ref. 32488] with the help of Article 13; not available]